Healthcare Administration Schools In Colorado
Colorado has 18 accredited healthcare administration schools where healthcare administration faculty who teach healthcare administration classes can find employment. The trends in Colorado's healthcare administration academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in healthcare administration includes healthcare administration training at the following levels:
- Healthcare Administration Certificate
- Associates degree in Healthcare Administration
- Bachelors degree in Healthcare Administration
- Masters degree in Healthcare Administration
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Professional Trends
Colorado Vs. National Healthcare Administration Employment
| Colorado | 3,110 |
| National | 282,990 |
Approximately 1% of the country's healthcare administration professionals work in Colorado state.
Employment Growth for Healthcare administration professionals In Colorado
| 2,900 | 3,290 | 3,360 | 3,150 | 3,110 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
The number of healthcare administration professionals is growing in Colorado. 210 more healthcare administration professionals were working in Colorado in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, in Colorado, this field has grown by 7% in four years. This growth is slower than the change in the number of healthcare administration professionals around the country. Nationally, the number of healthcare administration professionals has grown by 21% from 2006 to 2010.
Healthcare Administration VS. All Professions salaries in Colorado
| $80,760 | $86,130 | $89,140 | $93,510 | $95,400 |
| $46,058 | $47,685 | $48,234 | $49,831 | $51,291 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Light Blue: Healthcare Administration
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
In Colorado, as the number of healthcare administration professionals is growing, the salaries earned by healthcare administration professionals are increasing. The mean salary for healthcare administration professionals in 2006 was $80,760 per year. And in 2010 the mean salary was $95,400 per year.
Salary percentiles for Healthcare administration professionals in Colorado
10th percentile |
$53,290 |
25th percentile |
$69,700 |
50th percentile |
$88,680 |
75th percentile |
$112,280 |
90th percentile |
$143,320 |
This represents a growth in salaries of 15%. This growth is mirrored by state trends for all professionals. In the state of Colorado, there is a huge variation in pay, within the field of healthcare administration. The pay differential between the highest paid healthcare administration professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket is 169%
Average Salaries for Healthcare administration professionals and related professions in Colorado
Business Administration |
$96,777 |
Business Management |
$103,907 |
Health Information Management |
$66,965 |
Health Science |
$73,856 |
Healthcare Administration |
$95,400 |
Healthcare Management |
$95,400 |
Healthcare administration professionals in Colorado earn, on average, more than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Healthcare Administration programs available for each degree type for all schools in Colorado
associate |
7 |
bachelor |
8 |
master |
5 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
9 |
| Total | 29 |
As the number of healthcare administration professionals is increasing in Colorado state, the number of students graduating from the 18 accredited healthcare administration schools in Colorado state is decreasing. In 2006 there were 391 healthcare administration graduates from healthcare administration courses in Colorado and in 2010 there were 391 graduates.
There was a decrease in the number of healthcare administration school degree or certificate graduates in Colorado by 0%. A majority of these graduates, or 31%, graduated with a undergraduate certificate in healthcare administration.